Computer Networks

Well I thought of this one day in my basement and tried it... it worked.... although I'm sure
lots of other people have though of it already... Step 1> Take a screen shot of someones desktop
Step 2> Set it as their background Step 3> Hide all of their icons, either delete them, or hide them
in a folder, etc... Step 4> Hide task bar by draging it down Its so funy, they go to click on an
icon, and all they do is click the desktop... I love it... This one got done to me: First of all,
make sure its a public computer place, with row upon row of computers. Step 1> ...

So I was working on the computer, I think it was doing trap17 stuff, can't remember, anywhoo, I
Was working and all of a sudden my computer shut down, I'm like..oh great. So my sister and I
opened it up, well, it was the power supply/mother baord(power surge). We didn't think it was
the motherboard just yet, so we went and bought a new power supply, installed it, no go. So now we
new it was once of the essensials. We took the harddrive into a control, it was fine, the processor
was fine. Motherboard. Took it into the geek sqaud, boy, do I hate them, atleast t...

Hi all, judging from the many posts to the forums re: hardware & software problems... I posted this
question: HOW MANY TIMES HAS A "UPDATE" downloaded directly from MSs website.. CRASHED YOUR COMPUTER
??? For our purposes here a "crash" is a major malfunction of any part of the Windows operation
system.. such as Internet Explorer kept "freezing up".. after an update. A crash is anything you
couldn't live with.. and you had to "Restore" OR even completely "re-install" the whole Windows
OS to fix it. Another example would be all the problems that SP1 (service pack 1...

Does anybody know of a website or application that allows you to place FREE long distance calls from
your computer to an actual phone? I remember there used to be a company called dialpad that allowed
you to do this. I don't know if they are still around though. I think they started charging for
the service. All the companies I've found require you to pay. There's gotta be a free one
somewhere. Anybody know of one?...

HALO for computer rocks!! It has free online multiplayer and awesome graphics and controls!! Also
the game has more multiplayer maps than the original for Xbox!! Also the game is just awesome!! I
LOVE it!!...

Installing Joomla on local computer (localhost) First to install joomla you need a
webserver, php and mysql installed on your computer. If you don't have these installed..download
WAMP (Windows Apache MySql PHP) server and install it. I am writing this tutorial using WAMP as
my server. But these steps are almost same in all other servers. Follow the steps below 1.
First you need joomla package. Goto joomla website and download the latest version of joomla. Follow
this link download joomla . This tutorial is based on Joomla 1.5.x 2. unzi...

Can not find a topic on Non-computer games or hobbies anywhere, so I guess I'll start one here.
I'm heavy into pinball (NO not on my computer. Well, sometimes, but only if they simulate real
ones). I have 2 at home (Williams WhiteWater & Williams F-14) and money/space permitting I would
have 10! They are GREAT! Bashing a real iron ball around, playing with gravity, action-reaction,
bounce-angles etc. Repairing them is also fun, I got both in non-working state, repaired them
myself. I guess I'm from a different generation. Today's youth is more into ele...

Got a question, Again. I want to be able to have to monitors, Two keyboards, And two mouses. So
that they can be all hooked up to one computer but I can have several users doing different things.
But so that I can connect to the internet on the computer and all the users be able to share it at
the same time. I have Dial-up. So the question is, If I get another monitor card so I can hook up
two monitors will that work? Then there is this thing that you plug it into your computer, and it
comes with software and it has several monitor, keyboard, and mouse ports on this ...

Well i got to know about method of changing the hard drive icon, thought i should share it with you
guys. Well he goes. First what you have to do is find Icon files that you may want to put on your
hard drive. These files are basically of ".ico" extension so a simple search for "*.ico" (remove the
"" when searching) in you computer will generate results with various icons you can use. You
can also create new icons with an icon editor. I use the 'Easy Icon Maker' available from
this website http://www.icon-maker.com Well now assuming that you've got ...

If you bought a brand new computer within the past few years, you might have noticed that your
computer shipped with a Serial ATA (SATA) controller instead of the convetional Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
controller. The reason for this is to enhance performance and power management as SATA controllers
and their supported Hard Disk Drives have a higher data transfer speed against their IDE
counterparts. And they are supposed to use lesser amount of power thereby saving you more battery
life in your notebook's battery or UPS as the case may be. If you want to install and run ...

I encountered this bugs or what 6 months ago, untill now still gives me a headache. I don't
know if it is a virus, problem in windows services or what but honestly I cant fix it. What it does
is, it's gives you an error message saying blahh blahh...with a timer of 60 seconds, when the
timer reached 0 it will automatically restart your computer....

Ok i have recieved as a present my uncles dell latitude x1 laptop. Its Operating system ahs been re
installed and it worked for the first few hours i had it but then it started randomly locking up and
making a weird sysren noise, and now when i try and boot it up it says that no hard drive or
bootable devices can be found. What can i do, is there anything that i can do insted of calling dell
out on monday (still have next day support) and has any one else had this problem. Thanks...

Although we all hate computer viruses, it has now become a fact of life in day to day computing,
especially for those of us using the windows operating system. So here is what you have to do if
you are unfortunate enough to encounter one. 1)If you are connected to any network, make sure you
disconnect from that network and pull out the network cable as you don't want the virus to
spread throughout the network. 2)If you have an anti-virus software installed, run it. If you
don't have it installed, borrow a cpoy from friends or family or purchase it. 3)Keep run...

recently i have been saveing for a new computer but all my friends say that diff computers are
better like 1. dell 2. alien ware 3. voodoo 4. hp i dont know what is the best one i know the
dell would be the cheapest but is it the best for its price and i know voodoo is teh most exspencive
but are there computers worth the price will people please help me?...

Hello there. My family members keeps annoyingt me becouse of sitting by computer so much. They
don't care, what am I doing: programming, reading news, posting in forums or reading emails -
they allways think that I'm just having fun, and it's no use from computer LoL So I decided
to ask, how much time a day do all of YOU spend sitting by computer? Just trying to find out: 6-8
hours per day is normal, or I can call myself computer maniac already......

Someone was asking in the forums about downloading the PHP/mySQL and apache Server
..seperately...thst is a real headache ..Well.. today we'll learn how to install and run a
program called EasyPHP. It is a combination of some common free web server software that put
together into an easy to install package. Normally to download and install each separate component
can take a long time, plus be a headache to configure them to work together properly. Please note
that it's a French Software. It includes: 1. MySQL Database System 2. Apache Web Server 3. PHP
Programm...

Open a command prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and
enter TASKMGR.EXE - go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager
open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable
file) is located in. At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete. Go
back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell. Close
Task Manager. Jack....

I'm thinking about building a new computer to integrate into my car. I would use it for audio,
games, etc... Has anybody ever done this? I know that percautions have to be made for vibrations,
and you would have to use a very small lcd screen. Does anybody know how to do this?...

Is it possible to call a file, i.e. 1.htm, from my web browser using such tag HTML iframe src
=" file:///C:/1.htm "> /iframe > file:///C:/1.htm is the correct path since when I enter it
to my web browser's address box it shows up properly. But when I use the same call function in
my PHP it does not. My situation is that I'm running Apache with PHP, therefore I am running my
own mimi-webserver on my computer. There's no risk of someone else accessing my file because
it's for my testing purpose. I thought it had to do with some Apache settin...

Computer Good Stuff A lot of Entertainment . Can do many stuff. Share. Chat. And more. Go Online
Bad Stuff About Computer Games lag. You can get virus. Freeze. Computer crash. You have to
worry if the graphic card is good for the game Good Stuff About Xbox 360 And PS3 Dont have to
worry if the graphics card can handle the game. Play online. More games in store and more cheat.
The Best Stuff About Xbox 360 And PS3 Is hard to shoot with a joystick. Chating with a control
can be frustrating. Cant do many stuff as computer. **NOTES THIS IS MY OPINION**...

This strange issue has been happening to me recently. I notice that when I shut down my computer,
and then start it up the next time, the time and date of my computer remains the same as that of the
time and date that I shut down my computer, and it continues from that time and date until I adjust
it manually myself. For example, if I shut down my computer on 3 May 2008, 10pm, even when I switch
on my computer on 4 May 2008 9am, the date and time shows 3 May 2008, 10 pm. I don't understand
why, I did not automatically synchronize it with an internet server, and I...

My computer iz Pentium IV, with 2,4 GH power, with 80 Gb memory and DVD writer. Is it good or
little? My internet operater have cabal internet line, and I am so satisfive (Is godd that word?).
Please, if something to tell me what can I doing with my computer the best. Now I wach movies,
listen sam music, write letter, make a site personal.......

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alt="biggrin.gif" /> I am now looking for help on How to point traffics to a computer behind the
Prolink ADSL modem I know that for traffick sending to computer behind router, we use the Port
Forwarding! However, i didn't see any Port Forwarding Section in my ADSL modem. Could Anyone
could ...

Im trying to fix some things on my acount but, i hava to be able to log into my Admin. acount. my
dad had the comp. before me and he forget the password to get into the acount. how do i hack into my
own computer to get the password, or is there any way of defragging my comp. without being a admin?...

I've seen people acces their computer from other places. How do you this??? I know they have a
software online that lets you do this. but are there any other ways??? ...

I am wanting to save my money for a laptop computer, and I want to know what type/brand of laptop is
the best one, and will it work for years to come? /unsure.gif' border='0'
style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /> I just want to know which laptop computer will
work, so I am not wasting money and something that won't work. I don't know of many laptop
computer brand names, I don't even know which one works the best because I have never owned a
laptop before. The only brand names that I know, that I think are good, are: Bell; HP; Gateway; and
A...

I have downloaded probably 3 computer optmizer demos and they all always offer to find the problems
with my registry but they never trulydo anything to really boast the performance of my computer.
Which ones do you people use?...

Credit: original idea inspired by Marsupial at GIDEONTECH (at least that was the first place I saw
in 2003) HTPC (Home Theatre Personal Computer) has been a rising idea back in 2003. Still today,
not many people are investing in HTPC. People think they might have HTPC of their own but I am
talking about the real HTPC--one that you can treat it like your DVD, VCR or Home Threatre surround
sound system. What really makes HTPC? There are several components that truly makes an ordinary PC
to HTPC. From time to come I will be making complete posts of my HTPC. But the very c...